Book Review: The Break-Up Expert by Sonya Singh

Book: The Break-Up Expert
Author: Sonya Singh
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Pages: 304

The Break-up Expert by Sonya Singh is a contemporary fiction of around 304 pages. This is the story of Manny Dogra, the CEO of a company who is specialized in other people’s break-ups. A very successful person, who appears in many magazines, interviews, and shows and is in a relationship with Adam, a proud fiance, who is proud of her and her company, it looks like she is having what she wants! But when she is photoshopped to look less Asian and more white than she did normally, she felt she has lost a piece of the puzzle of her life, and so she is on her way to get reconnected with her roots! And here comes Sammy Patel, an unusual client of Break-up, who is helping her to rediscover herself! To know what happens to them, read the book.

The book started very well and kept me engaged from the start. With very intriguing language and characters, it goes ahead very smoothly. With many anecdotes in between, it was a very intriguing read. The character sketch of Manny was very well portrayed. The characters and their mental situation were well represented and their dynamics were shown beautifully. The everlasting friendship of Manny with Anjali, Rajeev, Rob, and Jay and the new emergence with Manisha and Aliyan was something that stood out the most for me from the book.

The story was predictable to me. Although it represents the Indian culture and traditions in the book where Manny wants to find herself, I felt the representation was a little stereotypical in some places. Also, the connection and relationship of the main characters with each other and some backdrop of their actions was something I felt should have been given more space and time as it felt a little underwhelming. The excessive Priyanka Chopra’s mention in the book didn’t work for me as well!

Overall, it was an enjoyable, engaging, interesting, and fun, one-time read for me. If you are looking forward to something new, exciting, and similar to the concept, you can give it a try. I will give it 3.25/5 stars.

Thank you to the publisher for the book in exchange of honest review!

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